Diana home 'may have been bugged'

A suspected bugging device may have been found in the home of Princess Diana, the inquest into her death has been told. Security expert Grahame Harding said he had searched Diana's palace rooms four times in four months in 1994 and on one occasion a signal was found.

The princess believed people had been assigned to spy on her and had talked of "dark forces", the jury heard. Mr Harding said the possible device was discovered in a wall dividing Diana's rooms from one used by Prince Charles. "It could have been a number of things ... at that time I believed it was a particular device," said Mr Harding.

He explained that there was no evidence that the wall had been altered and he could not get access to the room behind the wall. Mr Harding said when he did another sweep of the wall a few days later the transmission had gone. When questioned again, Mr Harding agreed the readings could have come from a number of things such as a radio or a mobile phone.

The inquest also heard about Diana's concerns that a team was in place watching and listening to her. Details of an October 1994 meeting the Princess had with the head of royalty and diplomatic protection was read to the inquest.

The written note stated: "She had been told without any doubt that five people from an organisation had been assigned full-time to oversee her activities including listening to her private telephone conversations."

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7175022.stm